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Definition of Equalise

1. Verb. Compensate; make the score equal.

2. Verb. Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching. "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"

Definition of Equalise

1. Verb. (British) To make equal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Equalise

1. to equalize [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] - See also: equalize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equalise

equal-interval chords equal-opportunity equal-sign equal cleavage equal opportunity equal protection of the laws equal rights equal sign equal signs equal temperament

equal to(p) equal weight equaled equaling equalisation equalise (current term) equalised equaliser equalisers equalises

equalising equalism equalitarian equalitarianism equalitarians equalities equality equality before the law equality sign equality signs

Literary usage of Equalise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year (1843)
"... one year—Mr. Roe- b*«k moves an Amendment to equalise Foreign and Colonial Duties— // is defeated by 59 to 18—Another Amendment for reduction of Duties, ..."

2. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1843)
"... Duties—The Chancellor of the Exchequer moves to continue existing Duties/or one year—Mr. Roebuck moves an Amendment to equalise Foreign and Colonial ..."

3. History of South Africa 1691-1795 by George McCall Theal (1888)
"... GOVERNOR, INSTALLED 28 MASCH 17H; DIED 8 SEPTEMBER 1724. Efforts to equalise revenue and expenditure—New taxes—An English trader on the coast of ..."

4. Manual of Political Economy by Henry Fawcett (1869)
"In a similar manner a position of stable equilibrium is defined, when the price of iron is such as to equalise the supply to the demand; the price does ..."

5. The Elements of Machine Design by William Cawthorne Unwin (1893)
"Setting valve to equalise lead.—With an indefinitely long eccentric rod the travel of the valve would be exactly symmetrical on either side of mid position, ..."

6. The Elements of Machine Design by William Cawthorne Unwin (1891)
"Setting valve to equalise lead.—With an indefinitely long eccentric rod the travel of the valve would be exactly symmetrical on either side of mid position, ..."

7. Darwinism and Race Progress by John Berry Haycraft (1895)
"Modern Democratic Attempts to equalise the Struggle. While this is an undoubted fact, it seems pretty certain that latterly a change has come about in the ..."

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